G-FEST, Kenji Sahara coverage in The Chicago Shimpo

Chicago's leading bilingual newspaper, The Chicago Shimpo, recently covered G-FEST XVI and interviewed the convention's guest of honor, Kenji Sahara, within its pages. Below you'll find The Shimpo's G-FEST report (reproduced with permission from Ms. Urayama of The Chicago Shimpo).

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A week later, the newspaper ran an interview with Kenji Sahara, ably translated by totorom, which was conducted at the convention. The interview appears below, and it is reproduced with permission.